From F. G. GRISLEY
I refer to David Milsted’s request for ‘regrettable quotes’ (Letters,
9 October). I was glad to see he is including in his book John Lightfoot’s
assertion that the Universe was created at 9 am on 23 October, 4004 BC.
Everyone knows that the actual time was 12 noon – see Annales veretis
testementi, a prima mundi origine deducti, 1650, by James Ussher, Archbishop
of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, who did the original calculations.
F. G. Grisley Barry, Glamorgan
